I hope you are right. I have been holding off on buying a cell phone because I hate the American model of being tied to a carrier & a plan. Also, you are right in suggesting that the same foot-dragging & resistance to VOIP which makes it hard to break into also creates an opportunity for Apple to introduce a killer solution that bypasses those dinosaurs entirely and grabs all the attention, like the iPod did. For a couple of years now, I have been hoping that Apple will...

I have been hoping that Apple would do just this. Actually, not just hoping. I have been sure in my gut that Apple will do this I have been holding off buying a cell phone to see what Apple will offer.
Problem is, I don't care about an iTunes phone. I already have an iPod, and a music phone seems like nothing but a trinket to me. I want real innovation. I want a VOIP World Phone that "just works." As I said in another post, If Apple could pull this off, they...